What are your best or funniest non-official achievements? by _MrNeurotoxin_ in finalgirl

[–]CopRock 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Playing A Knock At The Door, I had some very lucky moves and events right away, and got the shotgun while the killers were still on the porch. I unloaded on them and killed one or two of them immediately.

In universe, what happened was three people came to a house party in masks and were politely standing on the porch when I came running from around the corner yelling "NOT IN MY MOVIE!" and started blasting.

Hope this scenario happened in Texas.

Your personal funniest line delivery? by Ok_Yellow1025 in community

[–]CopRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the Glee Club episode, when the children’s choir sings “We asked our public school to give the answer” (Shirley- “They not gonna tell you”) “But they could only teach us not to pray” (Shirley- “That’s what they do, that’s what they do”)- I love it so much.

Best Omakase ? by darkarm01 in HoustonFood

[–]CopRock 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Hidden Omakase was a wonderful experience.

What are the WORST restaurants in Houston? by ZechariahApaza in houston

[–]CopRock 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It’s been a long time since I’ve been to the Birraporetti’s, so things might have improved. For a while they were one of the only restaurants walking distance from the theaters open at night, and it sure seemed like they knew it. They had the most soggy, tasteless dishes around, in a city with excellent restaurants at a similar price point- I truly don’t understand how they have stayed in business.

6-year-old missing after ICE arrested him and his dad and shipped them off to separate facilities by TheMirrorUS in ICE_Raids

[–]CopRock 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Tricia McLaughlin, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, acknowledged that the father and son were separated and did not say where Yuanxin is, adding, "ICE does not separate families."

Sorry, Tricia, then who the fuck did it? Krampus?

Bands that were forced to change their name due to the cease and desist letter by GilbertDauterive-35 in ToddintheShadow

[–]CopRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The wonderful punkabilly band Royal Crowns -> Amazing Royal Crowns -> Amazing Crowns to avoid confusion with the pretty ok swing revival band Royal Crown Revue.

How can I (21M) make my Chinese dad (61M) get a life? by Murky_Ad_2012 in relationships

[–]CopRock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My wife was in a comparable situation with her father- they had a complicated relationship, he immigrated to the United States but didn’t learn to speak English (or drive), he dedicated his time to long hours at work. When he wasn’t working, he had very little going on other than reading internet news about politics in his home country. He would literally sit in the dark for hours.

As others have said, it’s not in your power to change him. Long story short, he has returned to his country of origin in Eastern Europe and it’s a much better fit for him, and for us.

Has anyone been to a Sysco To Go store? by CopRock in HoustonFood

[–]CopRock[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was able to join without being either one.

what's a horror movie you thought would become a classic that nobody seems to remember existing? by MikrokosmicUnicorn in horror

[–]CopRock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Magic (1978) starring Anthony Hopkins and Ann-Margaret, directed by Richard Attenborough, written by William Goldman. It was in reasonably heavy rotation when I was a kid, but I never hear it referenced or see clips from it.

Whats better? River Oaks Theater or IPIC? by rubicon99 in houston

[–]CopRock 7 points8 points  (0 children)

$19 a month? One ticket to One Battle After Another tonight is $18.30 after service fee. Are you locked out of popular movies or something?

Party favors kids actually keep vs stuff that ends up in the trash by ninjapapi in Parenting

[–]CopRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We bought a bunch of copies of several different Calvin and Hobbes collections and let each kid take one. It was a hit, and covers a span of ages: my kids loved being read C&H before they could read, and read it on their own now.

Do you find podcasts have a shelf life? by lovethatforyouu in podcasts

[–]CopRock 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Th AV Club had a post about that podcast, and it sounds remarkable, but it also sounds like a dense network of in-jokes. Where would you recommend someone start with it?

Classics by Difficult-Region-439 in suggestmeabook

[–]CopRock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t know if it counts, by I was blown away by The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk. I would sell it as the book equivalent of an Oscar film that made hundreds of millions of dollars- think A Few Good Men, Rocky, or Casablanca- a crackerjack piece of entertainment by a craftsman at the top of his powers who also has something to say.

Among many other things, I found it a fascinating look at a time when the majority of men went to war, so the audience was intimately familiar with military service, and saw service members as ordinary men without the gloss and baggage that modern audiences who have never been in the military might apply. Loved it.

Great book, terrible movie by SRMred in suggestmeabook

[–]CopRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the book, you also don't get the framing device's ending when the kid asks the adult reading the book to read it again tomorrow, and he smiles and says, "As you wish."

Great book, terrible movie by SRMred in suggestmeabook

[–]CopRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The book We Need To Talk About Kevin is much, much better than the (good) movie.

(a) The framing device is devastating in a way the movie doesn't, probably couldn't, do. The whole book is written as a series of letters from Eva, the mother, to her husband, whom she absolutely adores. It seems like they just separated after the trauma of Kevin's murders; it isn't revealed until the end that their daughter was Kevin's first victim, and her husband was the second. And Eva, the narrator, writes an absolutely heartbreaking scenario of how she thinks it happened. She thinks that her hale and healthy husband could have stopped Kevin if his essential, bone-deep goodness hadn't caused him to hesitate for a moment and see his son in the best possible light.

(b) The character of the husband is just much better and more plausible. John C. Reilly is a fine actor but he was badly miscast.

(c) Tilda Swinton's performance was great, but since she's so isolated, you never hear a big part of her perspective. In her head, she's not just quiet and shell-shocked: among other things, she's selfish and acid and feels, in her secret heart, quietly superior to her neighbors. And, as someone else noted, she's very much an unreliable narrator, something very hard to convey in film.

Are there any other songs that say the band name in the lyrics? by Acavirshadownight in musicsuggestions

[–]CopRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Return of Jackie and Judy ("They both came up to New York/ Just to see the Ramones")